Santa Cruz-Based MS-13 Gang Members to Serve Over 20 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Racketeering ...

Erick Escalante-Torres and Jose Noe Ramirez-Avelar, were sentenced to 27 years and 11 months and 22 years in prison, respectively, for racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of ...

Erick Escalante-Torres, 29, and Jose Noe Ramirez-Avelar, 34, are members of an infamous Salvadorian gang. They were known associates of the gang in Northern California from approximately 2015 to 2017 ...

A federal judge has sentenced two former Santa Cruz-based gang members to more than two decades each of prison time.

A federal judge has sentenced two former Santa Cruz-based gang members to more than two decades each of prison time.

Two Santa Cruz men who are reputed members of the of the infamous La Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as MS-13, have been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.